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Tuvalu
Motto: "Tuvalu mo te Atua" (Tuvaluan)
"Tuvalu for the Almighty"
Anthem: Tuvalu mo te Atua (Tuvaluan)
Tuvalu for the Almighty
Location of Tuvalu
Capital
and largest city
Funafuti
8°31′S 179°12′E / 8.517°S 179.200°E / -8.517; 179.200
Official languages
Ethnic groups
Religion
Christianity (official)[1]
Demonym(s)Tuvaluan
GovernmentUnitary non-partisan parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• Monarch
Charles III
Tofiga Vaevalu Falani
Kausea Natano
LegislatureParliament
Independence
• from the United Kingdom
1 October 1978
Area
• Total
26 km2 (10 sq mi)[2] (192nd)
• Water (%)
negligible
Population
• 2021 estimate
11,900 (194th)
• 2017 census
10,645
• Density
475.88/km2 (1,232.5/sq mi) (27th)
GDP (PPP)2016 estimate
• Total
$39 million[3] (226th)
• Per capita
$3,566[3] (156th)
GDP (nominal)2020 estimate
• Total
$45 million[3] (194th)
• Per capita
$2,970[3] (118th)
Gini (2010)Steady 39.1[4]
medium inequality
HDI (2021)Increase 0.641[5]
medium (130th)
Currency (AUD)
Time zoneUTC+12
Drives onleft
Calling code+688
ISO 3166 codeTV
Internet TLD.tv
  1. ^ "2010 Report on International Religious Freedom – Tuvalu", United States Department of State
  2. ^ "Population by sex, annual rate of population increase, surface area and density" (PDF). United Nations. 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d "Tuvalu". International Monetary Fund.
  4. ^ Gini index (World Bank estimate). Washington, DC: World Bank Group. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Human Development Report 2021/2022" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.